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Rooms I to IV, looking eastPlate 01

East wing, upper floor14.03 to 21.06.2026

Now showingAn exhibition in seven rooms

Rooms of weather

Sixty-four paintings of sky, hung from dawn to night. Walk them in order; it takes an hour and twenty minutes.

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The plan

Seven rooms

Each room is one hour of one day. The doors stand in a line, so the last room is in sight from the first.

All rooms and works
  • I First lightSmall panels, painted out of doors before six. 9 works
  • II Morning hazeRiver views and the first large canvases. 11 works
  • III NoonFlat light, hard shadow, almost no cloud. 8 works
  • IV StormThe largest room, kept cool and nearly dark. 12 works
  • V DuskWorks on paper; the lamps come on. 10 works

On the wall

Stand before these

All 64 works
  • Sea, first lightOil on linen, 1961. Room I
  • The gate at nightTempera on board, 1948. Room VI
  • Two weathersOil on canvas, 1957. Room IV
  • Noon sunOil on linen, 1963. Room III
01 to 03 / 12

64

Works

7

Rooms

100

Days

1:20

The walk

Members walk in without a ticket.

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  1. Exhibition
  2. Rooms
  3. Room IV

Room IV, storm

Twelve works made under heavy weather, hung low and lit one by one.

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Cool roomRoom IV is kept at 16 degrees. Bring a layer.

AwayTwo works are with the conservator until 2 April.

Works 1 to 6 of 12

The rooms

I. First light 9 II. Morning haze 11 III. Noon 8 IV. Storm 12 V. Dusk 10 VI. Night 14

Room VII is not hung yet

The last room opens on 4 April. Members see it the evening before.

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  1. Exhibition
  2. Room I
  3. Sea, first light

Sea, first light

Oil on linen, 1961. The first work you meet, and the smallest sun in the building.

See it in Room I Next work

Room I, north wall. 46 by 37 cm

Chosen by the curator of paintingWall text and audio, stop 01

The work

Cat. 01
Made
1961, on the north coast
Medium
Oil on linen
Size
46 by 37 cm
Lent by
The city collection

A sun the size of a coin

Painted in forty minutes, standing in the water, before the light had a colour.

The horizon is drawn with the edge of a knife. Everything above it was laid in one wet layer and never touched again.

Where to stand

Two metres back, a little to the left. The catalogue number is Cat. 01; the audio guide begins here.

Look for

  • The pencil line still showing under the sea
  • A thumbprint in the lower right corner
  • The date scratched into wet paint
Condition

Cleaned in 2019. The varnish is original and has yellowed a little at the edges.

Where it has hung

Four exhibitions since 1962, the last of them eleven years ago.

Reproductions

A print at full size is sold in the shop on the ground floor.

  1. Exhibition
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Plan your visit

Entry is by the half hour. Choose a time and stay as long as you like.

DayOpenLast entryAdultToday
Tuesday10 to 1817:0014.00Open
Wednesday10 to 1817:0014.00
Friday10 to 2120:009.00Late
Saturday10 to 1918:0016.00
MondayClosedNone0.00Closed

Today

8 October

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